The British Royal Navy has been monitoring Russian vessels as they shamelessly cruise the English Channel. The two-day operation, designed in close cooperation with NATO, has been both a challenge and an obligation. Two patrol ships and a Wildcat helicopter conducted visual monitoring, intercepting not only the warship Boykiy, but also the oil tanker General Skobelev, belonging to the Baltic Fleet.
These Russian ships were moving north, and Britain held out for two days, keeping an eye on the threat, before handing over control to another ally. This came the day after London decided to support the landing of a French fleet on a Russian tanker from the so-called “shadow fleet.”.
The French navy seized the tanker en route through Gibraltar in an attempt to put an end to the activities of the Russian regime’s sanctioned vessels. January 22 was the date when the tanker, returning from Russia, was trapped. This is not just history – it is a manifesto of resistance.
The Russian “shadow fleet” is not an abstraction. It is a military grouping at sea that includes more than 900 old tankers. Flags that carry false registration, money bags that export sanctioned oil to China and India.
The US is also not sitting still, fighting the shadows of the Russian fleet. On January 22, they detained the oil tanker Sagitta in the Caribbean Sea, a symbol of how the irresponsible actions of the system are met with a strong protest. Seven such cases have already been recorded.
But the Ukrainians are not far behind. They are attacking tankers of the “shadow fleet” with drones. In the Black Sea and the Mediterranean since December, six or even eight such vessels have suffered critical damage. This is a war of truth against deception, action against irresponsibility.
Original source: https://www.rbc.ua/
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